Abstract
Traffic-related accidents are a major threat to life in the world utilise cars. In spite of the significant improvements in vehicle safety over the past years, the current number of deaths and injuries plus all the associated social and economic costs, remain unacceptable. Vehicle safety experts world-wide agree that significant further reductions in fatalities and injuries can be achieved as a result of, for instance, the use of new energy absorbing materials, improvement of the efficiency of passive safety systems by advanced control (intelligent restraint systems) and the introduction of new vehicle crash tests which take the compatibility between vehicles and road users under different crash conditions into account.
Keywords: passive safety, crash tests, injuries, head injuries, testing programme